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Sokurov: Early Masterworks | Blu-ray/DVD Review

Raised in a military family and schooled in the ways of movie making under the wing of Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director Alexander Sokurov’s career...

Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Films of 2012: (Picks 5 to 1) Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is #1

5. Jeff, Who Lives At Home Another film that took me a while to see, this is the Duplass brothers' going a little lighter this...

Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Films of 2012: First-timer Helmers Rodney Ascher & Benh Zeitlin Crack Top 10 (Picks 10 to 6)

10. Beasts of the Southern Wild Another film I sorely missed in Park City, but finally caught during its theatrical release, Benh Zeitlin's full length...

Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Baumbach, Cianfrance & Korine Make for a Great Year Ahead (Picks 5 to 1)

5. Low & Clear The first of two self produced, crowd funded films on this list, Low & Clear announces Tyler Hughen and Kahlil Hudson...

Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Docs Leviathan and The Act Of Killing Among Picks 10 to 6

10. Leviathan Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel's follow-up to their fascinating depiction of traveling sheep herders in Sweetgrass, is this year's quintessential art doc. With...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden

The second Japanese filmmaker to premiere in the competition...

Parallel Tales (Histoires parallèles) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Double Life of the Voyeurist: Farhadi Fails with...

Fatherland | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Every Mann for Themselves: Pawlikowski Remains Chilly with Cold...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’

After gaining international recognition with Berlinale entries in Silver...
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